TRANSALP 1989 experimental campaign - II. Simulation of a tracer experiment with Lagrangian particle models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1157-1166

  Anfossi, D ^a   Desiato, F ^b   Tinarelli, G ^c   Brusasca, G ^c   Ferrero, E ^d   Sacchetti, D ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ANPA   (Italy)

^c ENEL   (Italy)

^d Dip Scienze e Tecn Avanz   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric diffusion; Complex terrain; Lagrangian particle model; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PARTICLE DISPERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISPERSION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACCURACY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS, TICINO;

EID: 0032052658     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00191-X     Document Type: Article

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